Photonic quantum processors
Video page · Feb 3, 2026
Pascale Senellart, Research Director, CNRS - Centre de nanosciences et de nanotechnologies université - Paris-Saclay, Visiting Professor at the Collège de France
Single and entangled photons
Quantum Physics, Optical Physics, Photonics and seminar by Pascale Senellart, Research Director, CNRS - Centre de nanosciences et de nanotechnologies université - Paris-Saclay, Visiting Professor at the Collège de France
Hosted by Collège de France
Tuesday 14:00–15:30 Paris (GMT+1)
Recording available
Amphithéâtre Maurice-Halbwachs, Site Marcelin-Berthelot · In person
Abstract
Reliable photon sources are essential for optical quantum communication and computation. This lecture compares single-photon generation through nonlinear optical processes with controlled emission from individual atoms. It discusses performance, limitations and integration, then extends the comparison to sources of entangled photons and more elaborate quantum states of light.
Topics
single-photon generationnonlinear optical processesIndividual atomsphoton sourcesoptical quantum communicationentangled photonsquantum states of lightcontrolled emission
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